racanear
Spanish
Etymology
See tacaño
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rakaneˈaɾ/ [ra.ka.neˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ra‧ca‧ne‧ar
Verb
racanear (first-person singular present racaneo, first-person singular preterite racaneé, past participle racaneado)
- (colloquial) to skimp
- 2015 July 7, “Pero sigue siendo el rey”, in El País:
- Es un arcano que no solo renuncia a cualquier atisbo de saludo, sino que racanea al principio en decibelios.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of racanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | racanear | ||||||
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gerund | racaneando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | racaneado | racaneada | |||||
plural | racaneados | racaneadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | racaneo | racaneastú racaneásvos | racanea | racaneamos | racaneáis | racanean | |
imperfect | racaneaba | racaneabas | racaneaba | racaneábamos | racaneabais | racaneaban | |
preterite | racaneé | racaneaste | racaneó | racaneamos | racaneasteis | racanearon | |
future | racanearé | racanearás | racaneará | racanearemos | racanearéis | racanearán | |
conditional | racanearía | racanearías | racanearía | racanearíamos | racanearíais | racanearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | racanee | racaneestú racaneésvos2 | racanee | racaneemos | racaneéis | racaneen | |
imperfect (ra) | racaneara | racanearas | racaneara | racaneáramos | racanearais | racanearan | |
imperfect (se) | racanease | racaneases | racanease | racaneásemos | racaneaseis | racaneasen | |
future1 | racaneare | racaneares | racaneare | racaneáremos | racaneareis | racanearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | racaneatú racaneávos | racanee | racaneemos | racanead | racaneen | ||
negative | no racanees | no racanee | no racaneemos | no racaneéis | no racaneen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “racanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014